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| Questions about SACD vs.analog for classical music "It is nothing less than a tragedy that the Sony/Philips system SACD still is considered to be a real competitor to DVD-A, though it has lower real resolution than the CD-system in the highest octave.DVD-A does absolutely offer a much higher dynam... | |
| Questions about SACD vs.analog for classical music This argument begs the question in a number of ways.Firstly SACD or 1 Bit DSD is inferior to Multi-Bit PCM and Sony was forced a while ago to admit that they mastered in PCM and later DOWNSAMPLED the PCM Master to a DSD Master for commercial produ... | |
| Carts that sound like a Koetsu I have heard that the humble Ortofon VMS 20 MM has a 'Koetsu ' like quality. | |
| Entry level phono stage As regards the NAD it can be improved if you obtain a regulated power supply from Radio Shack,it then loses it's 'transistor radio' quality and has quite good resolution and a much extended bass response. | |
| Cartridge selection & output “mV” MM vs. MC Help Perhaps a more important issue is one of cartridge resonance.The effective mass of the arm matching the weight of the cart.This in turn relates to the actual resonating frequency of he cartridge thus affecting audio quality.For a Project arm I thi... | |
| Cartridge selection & output “mV” MM vs. MC Help Over at Vinyl Asylum they have been raving about the Audio-Technica OC-9 and it's extremely accurate tested responses,do a search there.For around $200 the Denon DL-103 is pretty good value. | |
| tt setup problem? It is well known that the inner grooves of an L.P do not track as well as the outer grooves and I would hesitate a guess that you might be hearing this in your sensitive system(There is plenty in Vinyl Asylum archives on this issue).The only thing... | |
| NOS Ortofon VMS 30 MkII I have an old VMS 20 Mk11 Ortofon that so far has not shown any problems.I believe the problem of deterioration from age is more acute with moving coil cartridges than with this moving magnet/iron type.I would not worry about it actually and Ortof... | |
| At what point can you hear a Fast or Slow Table? It would depend on the individual.I can hear when there is a more than 2% deviation in speed having compared recorded samples from vinyl on a computer.The piano is a good indicator of speed response,so play some piano records and see what you think. | |
| Cartridge Compliance Conversion You might have bitten off more than you can chew here.John Elison at Vinyl Asylum is the resident expert on these equations there,so I would advise having a look at what's in the archives in his postings there.But from what I remember these are 2 ... | |
| What is the gauge of Rega RB 600 tonearm wire? Since no-one has replied I'll hazard a guess that the RB600 wire is about 33awg gauge.The reason for this is I believe it is an upgrade to the RB250 and RB300 tonearm wire and this is the standard gauge recommended for the Rega arm when rewiring t... | |
| Best $500 cartridge? Dynavector DV-20XH? Why hasn't anyone mentioned the Denon 160 or Denon 103 cartridges? You won't have to spend $500 to get pretty good playback.The Denon 103 has been compared favourably to a Shelter 501 and it's whispered to be one of the best MC's ever in the Lenco... | |
| LP to CD transfer question...what's best? Sorry if I wasn't clear owing to my bad use of language but that is what you actually get on a CD- 22.05Khz at the upper limit,it is rolled-off above this point and there is no data.Actually it is postulated that it is closer to about 17.5Khz to 1... | |
| LP to CD transfer question...what's best? Don't expect your CD burn to be as good as the L.P original.I also plug straight into the soundcard direct from the phono stage.Ultimately the bandwidth of CD can only be downsampling the more extended range of the L.P i.e a limit of 22.05Khz for ... | |
| Hum/Buzz from Phono Gear -PS Audio 200 HB??? I have found that switching between interconnect cables(you should have several pairs just in case)is the way to go until you find the combination that does not hum.The cartridge itself could be swapped if it is unbearable etc.With a balanced inte... |